Home

City leaders in Eau Claire are trying to calm fears about a proposed bottled water plant by talking about jobs and new investments. The city hosted a listening session last night. We’ll show you different sides so you can decide. City manager Stephanie Hirsch told the crowd that Eau Claire is not in a financial position to walk away from a 100 million-dollar investment and jobs that pay about 60 thousand-dollars a year. A number of community activists are worried

There is a push to build a new homeless shelter in Eau Claire. Members of the Chippewa Valley Day Resource Center Steering Committee are looking for a place to build a new day shelter. The county’s Karen Petersin says a new day shelter would help get people out of the sun during the summer and out of the cold during the winter. The committee is eying land near downtown as they look towards fundraising efforts. The hope is to have

The first round of Wisconsin road money from the new federal infrastructure plan is going to smaller communities across the state. The governor yesterday said Wisconsin is getting 35 million-dollars from Washington D.C. for local road projects. And by local, he means local. All of the money is going to communities with fewer than 50 thousand people.

There won’t be any changes to Wisconsin’s PFAS regulations, for now. A Waukesha County judge yesterday kept his ruling that the state’s Department of Natural Resources must work with lawmakers to set PFAS standards on-hold. DNR wants to be able to force companies to clean-up PFAS contamination near their plants or businesses. But Wisconsin’s largest business group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, says the state must first define just what PFAS contamination is. The judge expects the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take-up the case. His order is

Wisconsin’s Elections Commission is telling local election managers they can ignore questions about their voter rolls if they’d like. The Commission sent a letter to local election clerks last week saying there is no legal requirement to respond to questions from outside groups about voters who may have moved, voters who claimed to be indefinitely confined, or voters whose addresses don’t line up. The Commission says allegations about improper voting are serious, but the letter said they are just allegations.

The otters are back home, but managers at Baraboo’s Ochsner Park Zoo say two owls are still missing. Police say someone cut some locks on zoo enclosures late Monday night or early yesterday morning. Zookeepers found the damage, and panicked. A pair of kayakers found the otters in the river near the zoo, but the owls remain missing. The zoo’s Ellen Gallagher says whoever cut the locks probably wanted to free the animals, but says since the owls don’t know

Wisconsin is taking in more unneeded and unwanted drugs than any other state in the country.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice says nearly 30 tons of drugs were dropped off during the most recent drug take back day.  The Department of Justice says since drug take back days started in 2010 Wisconsin has taken in over one-million pounds of drugs.

A new study shows Wisconsin is the worst state in the country for racial equality education.  WalletHub says Wisconsin is in the bottom five for gap of adults with at least a high school degree and gap of adults with a bachelor’s degree and last in standardized test scores gap and public high school graduation gap.  WalletHub says the best state for racial equality education is Wyoming.

 Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin is offering ‘Make a Plan’ kits ahead of the possible end of Roe v Wade. The group yesterday said it is making the kits, which come with a dose of Plan B, condoms, a pregnancy test, and information about abortion access, available to women across the state. Wisconsin is one of nearly 25 states where abortion would become illegal if Roe were to be overturned.

The J.M. Smucker Company is offering coupons to replace recalled Jif peanut butter.  Several products, including creamy, crunchy, natural, and reduced fat varieties of the spread have been pulled from shelves over possible salmonella contamination.  The company’s website now has a form with instructions on submitting product codes and UPC numbers for replacement vouchers.  For more information, and to access the form, visit Jif-dot-com WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.